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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Idaho rates for HCPCS 28001

This procedure opens and drains a bursa in the foot, a small, fluid-filled sac that normally cushions a joint or bone from friction. When a bursa becomes swollen, painful, or infected, draining the fluid relieves pressure and helps the area heal. It is a relatively minor procedure typically done through a small incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage of a Foot Bursa cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $457 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$178 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$245 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,248Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Idaho· 21st of 51

$245

CA $513KY $162

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.